The World Motivation
People haven't even begun to tap into the potential of what the mind is possible of doing. We only use a certain percentage of our brains.
“People haven't even begun to tap into the potential of what the mind is possible of doing. We only use a certain percentage of our brains.”
— David Blaine · Brains
People haven't even begun to tap into the potential of what the mind is possible of doing. We only use a certain percentage of our brains.
When I was about 19, I shot a tape of me doing magic just to people on the streets, and I would edit together all the reactions and I kept pushing this idea, and then ABC came on board and made my first show.
I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was fascinated. I guess that's how it started.
I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it.
I preferred MTV as it used to be when it was about the music - I don't like it that now they just have reality shows. Reality TV rots people's brains.
People think our business is this completely fictional world of big guys in tight clothes with no brains. That's not the way it is; this is a psychology-driven business. You have to take people on an emotional ride without using words.
Koverman is one of my favorite Hollywood characters because she was the brains of MGM, and not many people know about her.
I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.
I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesar's, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.
My dad, toward the end of his life, said our health care system expects you to check your brains at the door. He was right. Yell at your politicians. Lose control.